[AGCW] Masten festhalten!

[Werner 'Joe' Jochem DK7VW]

Stand auf www.wjactv.com .... und ging über den FISTS reflector:

WINDBER, Pa. -- Police in Somerset County are trying to figure out how a 
radio tower went missing in Windber. Police say a group of people had a 
very thorough plan to get all 120 feet of steel and copper down from the 
old Windber radio tower.

Police believe the thieves threw cables over the guidelines of the tower 
and yanked it down with a truck. Police also found cut bolts and torch 
marks on nearby grass. Police say the tower had to be cut into small 
pieces in order to get it out of the wooded area, but they can't figure 
out how they did it without anybody noticing.

"There's probably a half a dozen routes that come in and out of that 
area. At least 20 four-wheelers and ATV riders go through there a day," 
said Paint Township Police Chief Rick Skiles.

The thieves also got away with a 300-pound Penelec transformer full of 
copper.

The radio tower hasn't been used for years, but the family who owns it 
was in talks with a company to use the tower to bring wireless Internet 
to Windber.

"There was an Internet company that approached my son. That's all gone 
now, so what're you going to do? He lost a good bit of money," said Jay 
Shaffer.

The Shaffer family is offering a $1,000 reward for any information 
leading to an arrest. The police chief said convicted could face felony 
charges.

If you have information call police at 1-800-362-5060.

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73 Joe DK7VW